Coast Guard crews stopped two lanchas with a total of ten Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
and seized 210 pounds of shark and
4,537 pounds ofred snapper fish. The Mexican
fishermen were detained and transferred to border enforcement agents for
processing.

A lancha is a fishing boat used by Mexican
fishermen that is approximately 20-30 feet
long with a slender profile, typically has one outboard motor, and is capable
of traveling at speeds exceeding 30 mph. Lanchas are frequently used to
transport illegal narcotics to the U.S. and fish illegally in the United
States’ Exclusive Economic Zone near the U.S.-Mexico border in the Gulf of
Mexico.

Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi has detected 67
lanchas, 23 of which were interdicted, that were north of the U.S.-Mexico
Maritime Border since Oct. 1, 2017.

If you witness suspicious activity or illegal fishing in state
waters (out to 9 miles offshore), please contact the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department’s “Operation Game Thief” at 1-800-792-GAME (4263). For all
suspicious activity or illegal fishing occurring in federal waters (out to 200
miles offshore), please contact the U.S. Coast Guard at 361-939-6393.

Comments:
not trying to be funny and at the risk of sounding stupid...HOW do they always catch so many fish?

Posted by Patrisha at 3/8/2018 10:32:39 PM

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